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Reading by Lamplight

Virginia Museum of Fine Art
Accession no: L.65.2011.7
State: 3/3

Collection credit:Promised gift of Frank Raysor.  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Raysor Collection; promised gift to Virginia Museum of Fine Art  

 

Paper size:201 x 159 mm  
Plate mark size:159 x 118 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:pale buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:good rich impression  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'J. Whistler' ('l' crossed as well as 't')  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0320z07  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.